St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-19
A GAY DECEIyER.
Helen Dauvray's Ex-Husband
Shown Up in Court,
Special to the Globe.

AO"h ~ SOhHts
Special to the Globe.
New York, May 1S.-Le0nard F.
Tracy, who at one time was the husband
OF Helen Dauvry, the well-known actress,
to-day was ordered by the court to pay
$3.50 to Mrs. Eva Heaton, of Philadel-
phia, whom he had promised to marry
but whom he deserted in order to go to
Europe, where he made Miss Dauvry
his wife. This money, it is said, was
lent to Tracy when he was betrothed to
Miss HeatOn. The case came up in the
supreme court to-day before Judge
O'GOrman, and Miss Heaton's bright,
black eyes flashed with scorn whenever
they rested upon the defendant, who,
with his ShakeSpearian whiskers and
hair parted in the middle, sat few seats
from her, and apparently did not care
to look at her. The nOstrils of her little
retrousse nose quivered with inclination
as she told that she first met him in 1877
in Philadelphia at the rooms of the
Wheatley Amateur Dramatic aSSOcia-
ton, of which they were both members,
and this, she said, was before she be-
came professional known as Etelka
Waddeli, and played in ''The White
Slave" and the s'Wages of Sin. In those
days, she said, Tracy was very sweet on
her, but he had no money to buy flowers
for her or to take her to theaterS and
since she and her mother and sister had
laid up snug little bank account from
their massage practice. She occasionally
lent him little sums. This pleased
Tracy SC that he grew more attentive to
her and finally he told her that he loved
her. She answered that she reciprOcated
his affection and put some money in his
hands. BY careful speculation the lit
tie property increased, and evidently in
a corresponding ratio with the owners
ardor for her lover, for she was soon
lOaning him big amounts at time and
was even paying for his board bill, or
sending him into the country for recrea-
ton. For two years, she said,
this thing went on and Tracy was
to take tour on the continent, and
when he came back they were to be
married. He went, but he never came
back to her again. She received letter
from him, however, telling her in plain
terms that the writer could never take
her as his wife, las you are going on
the STAGE" it said, land | want my wife
to be domestic" When she heard from
her recreant lover afterwards he was
the husband of b. Helen Dauyray, and
she subsequently learned that he was
agent for a big iron concern i'll Pine
street. She used to go down to the Of
flee to see if she could find him. Visit
after visit was futile, but eventually she
found him. 1t is not a matter of court
record what took place at the interview,
but when Miss Heaton came out again
she had little paper in her possession
which read as follows:
New York, Jan. 16, 1SS2.-On demand.
after date, promise to pay to the order of
Miss Eva Heaton, S., 900, with interest from
date. Value received. LEONARD f. TRACY.
1t seems, however, that Tracy had
made this promise only to break it, for
when Miss HeatOn presented the note
for payment this was refused. But she
had the promise this time in black and
white, and so she took the matter to the
courts for settlement. Tracy denied the
whole. story and said that the note had
been wrung from him by threats and
blackmail. The jury did not believe
him, however, and brought in the verdict
as above. 1t was not generally known
here that Miss Dauyray had ever been
married and the story has created a
great sensation. 1t turns out now that
Dauvray's marriage to Tracy was kept
secret. She was soon divorced from
him.